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Noun: power takeoff
  1. A device that transfers power from an engine (as in a tractor or other motor vehicle) to another piece of equipment (as to a pump or jackhammer)
    "The farmer connected the baler to the tractor's power takeoff";
    - PTO

Derived forms: power takeoffs

Type of: device

Encyclopedia: Power takeoff